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Patented July 12,1904.

,UNITED STAT-LES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES D. ROTVLAND AND PETER R. COVER, OF POLO, ILLINOIS.

COFFlN-BOX.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 765,102, dated July12, 1904. Application filed September 5, 1903. Serial No. 172,118. (Nomodel.)

-0 all whom, zit flea/y concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES D. ROWLAND and PETER R. COVER, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Polo, in the county of Ogle and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Cofiin or Casket Box, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention is an improved construction of box adapted to be used forthe purpose of holding a coflin or casket.

The object of our invention is to provide a folding or knockdown boxwhich can be opened and spread out upon the ground and the coffin orcasket can be placed therein and the covering-box set up and fastenedtogether before it is lowered into the grave.

Another object of our invention is to provide a knockdown or folding boxwhich can be utilized as a shipping-box for carrying cofiins or caskets.

The invention consists in the novel features of construction andcombination, all of which will be fully described hereinafter, andpointed out inthe claim.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure l is aperspective view of a box constructedin accordance with our invention,said box being set up and closed. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view ofthe box opened and spread out. Fig. 3 is an end view, partly in section.Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view illustrating the fastening means.

In carrying out our invention we employ a bottom A, to which the sides Bare hinged, as hereinafter explained. The top consists of two sections Cand C, one section being secured to one side and the other section tothe other side, and the ends are also made in two sections D and D,connected, respectively, to the top sections C and C E indicates strapssecured to the under side of the bottom adjacent the ends, said strapsbeing bent upwardly, as shown at E, and the straps F, which areconnected to the top and side portions, are hinged to the ends of the 1straps E, as shown at F, and in this manner the sides carrying the topand end sections are \hinged to the bottom of the box. One of the strapsF has a tongue F punched upwardly herefrom, and the other strap haspivot-ears extending upwardly therefrom and between which is pivoted alever G, carrying a bail G, which is adapted to engage the tongue F forthe purpose of locking the top and end sections of the box together, asmost clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

The bottom A is cut away at each end for a greater portion of its width,leaving end projections A, and when the box is set up the lower edges ofthe ends D and D will fit between the projections A, and in order tohold the meeting edges of the end sections in their proper positions weprovide the strap E with longitudinal extensions E, which extendslightly beyond the ends of the bottom and are turned upwardly, as shownin Figs. 1 and 2, to provide suitable rests for the end sections. Itwill thus be seen that in order to set the box up and close it it isonly necessary to turn the sides up to perpendicular positions, and theend and top sections will be brought together and the bails G placedover the tongue F and the lever Gr turned down, as shown in Fig. 1. Inorder to open the box, it is only necessary to disengage the fastenerand throw the sides back to a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 1.

It will thus be seen that we provide an exceedingly cheap, simple, andefiiicient construction of box capable of carrying out the purpose forwhich it is intended.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent. is-

A box of the kind described comprising a bottom having end projections,the straps arranged transversely upon the bottom, the sides and the topand end sections connected to the sides, the straps connected to thesides and top sections, said straps being hinged at their lower ends tothe bottom straps, atongue carried by one strap, alever pivoted to theother strap, and carrying a bail, and the longitudinal extensions of thetransverse bottom straps, said longitudinal straps being extended beyond the ends of the bottom and turned wardly, substantially asdescribed.

CHARLES D. ROWT PETER R. COVEP Witnesses:

HARRY TY'rnR, A. C. CLARK.

